Policy and practice papers

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8 October 2007

Cultural considerations in out-of-home care

Produced by the former National Child Protection Clearinghouse

8 October 2007

Kinship care

Produced by the former National Child Protection Clearinghouse

Voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people in care
18 September 2007

Voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children…

In this paper, international and Australian research on children’s wellbeing and the views of young people in care are reviewed

Children with complex needs
17 September 2007

Children with complex needs

Looks at what kinds of support services were in place to support children in out-of-home care, and what support services were needed

Supporting carers
16 September 2007

Supporting carers

Looks at what type of support carers needed to continue in their caring role, and barriers that made it difficult to provide appropriate care

Training carers
15 September 2007

Training carers

Looks at what kind of training would assist in providing safe, nurturing care and continuity of cultural needs for children in care

Why standard assessment processes are culturally inappropriate
14 September 2007

Why standard assessment processes are culturally…

Shortcomings raised by participants in relation to assessment procedures when used to assess potential Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carers

Barriers, incentives and strategies to enhance recruitment of Indigenous carers
13 September 2007

Barriers, incentives and strategies to enhance recruitment…

Presents participants’ views on main barriers and incentives that influence Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ decision to become a carer

Why is there a shortage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Carers?
12 September 2007

Why is there a shortage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait…

In this paper we present study participants’ views about the shortage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carers